Here is a real end-of-year treat: a thirty-two-track, two-disc set of recordings from Ireland’s experimental music scene, expertly curated by Nyahh Records. An Irish Almanac treats the terms ‘noise’ and ‘experimental’ not as genres but as broad umbrellas ... See more
The Jacken Elswyth-curated Betwixt & Between tape series has become one of the most reliably excellent sources of new music over the last seven or so years. Elswyth is a central figure in the experimental/avant-garde folk scene that’s the most interes... See more
Mysterious UK-based producer U’s practice qualifies as folk music inasmuch as it is music that has folklore as its primary subject. Quantitatively speaking, though, the remit of his new album Archenfield is wider and more ambitious. U has previously embra... See more
JJJJJerome Ellis is one of those artists who is comfortable drawing from a huge range of musical traditions without being fully aligned with any of them. Those traditions – free jazz, improv, modern composition, musique concrète, sound art, gospel, enviro... See more
Steve Gunn’s music is not always easy to write about. A big part of the Pennsylvania native and adopted Brooklynite’s unique appeal is his ability to create songs that seem as light as air but carry with them the weight of imagination, layers of process a... See more
